Garment hanger



June 30, 1936.

H. s. 'GEER GARMENT HXANGER Filed Feb. 9, 1954 INVENTOR. Maze/E 5' BY I My I M. A TTORNEYS.

Patented June 30, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I GARMENT HANGER Harrie S. Geer, Watervliet, N. Y. Application February'il, 1934, Serial No. 110,625 4 Claims. (01. zza-ez) The present invention relates to a garment hanger or clothes hanger of either wire or wood construction, and is primarily designed to support ladies gowns, dresses, and other similar 5 garments.

With the type of coat hangers now widely utilized there is a tendency for the garments to slip off the hanger, particularly in the case of ladies dresses and evening gowns. Moreover,

the hangers usually do not properly support the garments which may be hung upon them, and

usually result in their 'distorting'the gowns and 5 ulation by the person placing the garment thereon.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved garment or clothes hanger, which is universally adapted for women's cloth- 3 ing, and which is particularly adapted for light weight -womens frocks and particularly evening gowns, and which is of inexpensive construction and may be utilized to hang garments without difliculty and without the necessity of resorting 35 to undesirable manipulations. Another object is to provide an improved clothes and garment hanger which will hold the clothes and particularly will hang or support 7 womens dresses and frocks in such a manner 40 as not to distort them and to center them correctly upon the hanger without the shoulder on either side becoming misshapen.

Other objects will appear during the course of the following specification. a 45 N In accomplishing the above objects'it has been found most satisfactory to provide a stepped arrangement on thedownwardly inclined sides of the hanger on both sides of thecentral hook, which stepped arrangement should preferably be initiated about half-way down the inclined slope on each side of the hanger. Each step preferably extends a distance varying between onequarter and one-eighth the length of each in- 65 cllned slope and the floor of the steps may be straight or curved and preferably are arranged so as to be parallel to the main slope.

The steps are most desirably arranged soas.

to be very shallow and at the end of'the hanger there, is an elevated portion which continues the 5 line of the main slope, so that the depressed steps are confined to an intermediate portion of the slope.

'The edges of the steps in the preferred con "struction are arranged substantially perpendic- 10 ularly or-re-entrantly to the main slope.

The above and'other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing: a Figure 1 is a top perspective view of one embodiment of the invention showing the stepped construction as applied to wooden hangers. 2

Figure 2 is a side sectional view upon theline 2-2 Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a front view of a modification showing the application of the present invention to a'wire frame hanger. 5

Figure 4 is a fragmentary front view of another modification.

Referring to Figs. l' and 2 thearcuate-shaped main wooden body In (which also may be made of bakelite or other plastic compositions or ma: terials) is provided with a central axial opening ll through which extends the shank l2- of the wire hook l3. The lower portion of the shank I2 is provided with an enlarged portion 34 which contacts' with a flatted portion 35 on the bot- 35 tom side of the body In; The upper shank of the hook is formed into the rounded member I4, which as indicated in Fig. 2 may be turned in either direction.

As shown, the main inclined surface l5 for 40- receivingthe garments curves downwardly from the hook l3 or shank I2 toward the ends l6 and at a substantial distance away from the shank l2,

it is provided with the steps I! and I 8, the bases l9 and 20 of which are parallel to the main slope I5. The continuation of the main slope l5, as indicated at 2|, extends to the end portions Hi. It

will be noted that the steps I! and I8 are very shallow and that the shoulder portions 3| .and

32 are positioned perpendicular to the main arcu- '5 ate surface l5. At the end of the last step I8 is positioned the ascending shoulder 23. 7

.It will be noted that the lower side of the hanger of Fig. lis provided with the flat surface 35 and with the inclined. surfaces 24 which extend 5 toward the ends I6 from the ends of the flat surface 35.

In the preferred construction, as shown in Fig. 1, the steps I1 and I8 occupy an intermediate half to three-quarters of the inclined slope 5 and as a general rule these steps are preferably positioned closer to the end points I6 than they are to the central elevated portion 25 of the main slope..

indicated by the dotted lines 26'and 21 a Wgarment may be very conveniently hung upon these hangers-with the inside of the neck being centrally located by the shoulders 3| and with the sleeve portions 21 positioned inside of the shoulders 23.

By hanging the garment in this fashion it will be supported without danger of distortion or slipping off the hanger and at the same time it may be most readily placed upon the hanger without skilfull manipulation and without difficulty.

It will be noted that the hanger whether pf wooden or plastic material may be most readily constructed in an inexpensive fashion without- 30 stresses.

In Fig. 3 is shown a wire frame embodiment in which similar functioning parts are referred to by the same numerals primed. It will be noted in this figure that the entire frame is formed of 35' one piece or loop of wire and the shank I3" is formed by twisting one end 2'") around the other end 28 to, form a, closed loop. According to this construction, the entire lower reach 35' is straight and horizontal and extends between the end 40 points |6'. It will be noted that the main slope |5'-2|' is straight and that the floors I9 and 20' of the steps I1 and ID are flat. It is apparent that all the various features previously pointed out are also present in this construction 45. of Fig. 3.

The hangers as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 preferably have a dimension 29 or 29' of about 16" and have a height 30 or 30' of about 4". The shoulders 3| or 3| usually have a dimension* of 50'- about 2%". Q

Fig. 4 shows an alternative construction similar to Fig. 1 in which the steps 23*, 22 and 3| are inclined inwardly so as to form sharp re-entrant angles.

In the construction of Fig. 4 the arcuate main wooden body is provided with a main inclined 5 surface I 5 for receiving the garments, not shown, which curves' directly toward the end portion I6 and at a substantial distance away from the central hanger element, not shown, it is provided ,.--2| extends to the end portion I6 It will be 1 noted that the recesses H and I8 are also very shallow and that the steps 3| and 22 descend 15' while the step 23 ascends.

What is claimed is:

1. A garment hanger particularly universally adapted for hanging womens dresses, and frocks of variant shoulder sleeve and shoulder strap 20 design with assurance that such dresses and frocks will not slip thereoff, said hanger being provided with an elongated dress shoulder support element anda central hanger element extending upwardly from the central portion of said sup- 25 port element, said support element sloping slightly downwardly from said central hanged element on both sides thereof and both said sides of said support element being provided with a plurality of spaced shoulders forming a pluralityof wideelongated shallow steps, at least two steps on each side of and most adjacent the central hanger element descending away from said central hanger element and at least the last step on each side of the central hanger element and most distant therefrom. being ascending, the end steps cooperating with each of the other steps in supporting shoulder parts of garments.

2. The hanger of claim 1 in which the portion between the first and last steps is'depressed'be- 40 .wire reach.

4. The hanger of claim 1 in which the bottoms of the shallow steps are convexed upwardly.

. HARRIE S. GEER. 

